Check out my Blue Steel, you guys! Okay, okay, no. Let me back up.

I meant to make this post last night, though really I should have made it weeks ago (but I didn’t, so step off). My dear and lovely Miss Alexandra (of Ladyfawn Designs fame) called upon me last month to do a bit of modeling for her photography final, which I very eagerly accepted. And because she is AMAZING, I have these pictures to show for it! Vintage-styled portraiture, drawing inspiration from 1920s-1930s fashion and postmortem photography. And tiny animals. I die! Which is appropriate for aforementioned inspiration, oddly.

It was a blast, and not just because we had a silly girly slumber party after the fact. But that didn’t hurt, either. (Pizza was had. You shoulda been there.)

Photo styling and makeup by Alexandra; hair by yours truly. And the pets. Those are mine.

I hope to get a chance to do something like this again soon–thanks a million times to Alexandra for the opportunity! Danke danke, lady. Check out the original post on her blog to see the full shoot with all of her models!

This is mostly just a plug for my very dear friend Alexandra Clotfelter, who is simply one of the most simultaneously genuine, cool, and obscenely talented people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles will be hosting their 49th annual Illustration West Competition at Gallery Nucleus from January 21st to January 31st, and aforementioned Miss Ladyfawn herself has two pieces entered for exhibition!

“Moral Bankruptcy”

She is awesome, you guys, and I strongly urge anyone who has the means to attend the show–lots of amazing work on display. I only wish I could be there, too! But, alas, duty calls. Duties less fun than jaunts to artsy west coast locales, I’m afraid.

The full scoop can be had at the Gallery Nucleus site, with exhibition info as well as, of course, the venue itself.